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Weekend A La Carte (February 13)

Israel’s Women-in-Combat Experience

“Whenever anyone at National Review … writes in opposition to opening all combat jobs to women or (even worse) drafting women into ground combat, there is predictable hue and cry from the Left. ‘But Israel! You conservatives couldn’t possibly be criticizing Israel, could you?’” Here’s why Israel isn’t the trump card.

Bivocational Ministry

This article points out that a future trend in church planting and ministry is people who are deliberately bivocational.

The Old Testament in 5 Minutes

Here’s a brief video overview of the Old Testament.

Gospel for Asia

For a while now we’ve been hearing about concerns with Gospel for Asia. There is now a lawsuit going forward charging that funds have been misused. Yet “citing ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ GFA calls class-action suit a ‘blessing’ for chance to put allegations to rest.”

Ignore Most Relationship Advice

Jared Wilson says that you should ignore most relationship advice. If I don’t quite agree with the title, I do agree with the article.

This Day in 1939. Happy birthday to my favorite author, R.C. Sproul! Dr. Sproul turns 77 today. (See this infographic I made up 2 years ago.)

Bound

If you, like me, use Dropbox, you may be interested in Bound, an audiobook player that works with Dropbox.

Absurd Creature of the Week

I really enjoy Wired’s Absurd Creature of the Week column, and this one is no exception. God made some creatures that are well and truly bizarre.

Have Mercy! Listen to the Stories

Thanks to CLC Publications for sponsoring the blog this week with “Have Mercy! Listen to the Stories.”

Sproul

Nothing built for the glory of man will survive God’s scrutiny. But what is done for His glory will endure forever.

—R.C. Sproul

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    The Futility of Motherhood

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  • New and Notable Christian Books for January 2025

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

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